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Minimising the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus within the Australian prison system

John Dwyer

Published in:
HIV/AIDS and prisons : proceedings of a conference held 19-21 November 1990
Jennifer Norberrry, Matt Gaughwin and Sally-Anne Gerull (eds)
ISBN 0 642 16202 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 4)

Abstract

Dwyer argues that education and counselling are key components in minimising the spread of AIDS in prisons. He also comments on: dealing with sexual activity; problems associated with intravenous drug use; compulsory blood testing for HIV antibodies; and advance planning for release from gaol.